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X moves the ashes of TweetDeck behind its $40 Premium+ subscription

X Pro, the feature most users would recognize as TweetDeck, has been removed as a benefit of the social network's Premium subscription.

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Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp
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At IAB NewFronts, Meta introduces new ad and discovery options
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Google offers new Demand Gen ad campaign features
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Judge tosses out X's advertiser boycott lawsuit
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What Is Bluesky? The Decentralized Social Media Rival to Elon Musk's X
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The EU is investigating Snapchat over possible child protection breaches
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WhatsApp’s big update fixes the three things users have been yelling about for years
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WhatsApp rolls out updates including multiple accounts for iOS
Engadget
Oversight Board tells Meta expanding Community Notes outside of US poses 'significant' risks
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Instagram is about to let AI read your DMs
GEEKSPIN
YouTube users are being bombarded by CAPTCHA challenges
Android Police
Reddit addresses bot problems, ID verification
Mashable
Jury rules against Meta and YouTube in social media addiction case
Engadget
Reddit implements new [App] label to identify bot profiles
Social Media Today
Meta updates its Threads Marketing API
Social Media Today
X announces, then retracts, updated revenue share incentives
Social Media Today
YouTube expands Shopping Affiliate Program access
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Reddit’s Nuclear Option: Three-Tier Defense Against AI Bot Invasion
Gadget Review
Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior
TechCrunch
Reddit will prompt some accounts to 'verify humanness' in latest bot crackdown
Engadget
X is changing its revenue-sharing policy to deter users pretending to be Americans
Engadget
Sora never understood what makes social media work
FastCompany
YouTube likes are mysteriously disappearing for some users
Android Police
Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang and Sergey Brin join Trump's tech advisory panel
Engadget
Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook
TechCrunch
Meta is letting creators fill their Reels with shopping links
Engadget
Jury rules against Meta, orders $375 million fine in major child safety trial
Engadget
Meta adds more tools to help businesses drive in-app sales
Social Media Today
Snapchat adds AI-powered image-to-video generation to Lens Studio
Social Media Today
Snapchatters created almost 2 trillion Snaps in 2025
Social Media Today
Snapchat rolls out new ad options to help brands increase their in-app presence
Social Media Today
TikTok adds new ad placement options offering higher exposure
Social Media Today
Pinterest adds Promote a Pin option for marketers
Social Media Today
Wedium, Europe's answer to TikTok and Instagram?
dpa international
No, McDonald’s Isn’t Deploying Humanoid Robots as Workers in Shanghai
Futurism
TikTok ads are about to get a tad more disruptive
TechCrunch
Pinterest launches a new feature to promote a Pin
TechCrunch
Berlin agency to launch social media alternative to TikTok, Instagram
dpa international
Snapchat users sent 'nearly' 2 trillion snaps in 2025
Engadget
The price users pay for WhatsApp's handy new link previews
dpa international
Instagram Now Lets You Rearrange Photos in a Carousel After Posting
PC Mag
X (Twitter) was down - Live updates as thousands report outages
Tom's Guide
It's not just you, X is down
Android Police
Is Twitter Down Right Now?
Men's Journal
YouTube brings updated tools to its creator partnership program
Social Media Today
LinkedIn’s latest promotional campaign targets marketing professionals
Social Media Today
Instagram allows users to rearrange carousel posts
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$The internet fractured reality. AI might put it back together.$
The internet fractured reality. AI might put it back together.
Vox
Desperate times: Reddit considers adding ID verification to fight flood of AI bots
Mashable
YouTube Is Making It Easier for Advertisers to Connect to Creators
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Instagram adds AI transition option for still image-based Stories
Social Media Today
Human speech and presence help drive Reels engagement
Social Media Today

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